“Specializers” versus “Samplers” in Youth Sport: Comparing Experiences and Outcomes

By L. Strachan, J. Côté, J. Deakin. 2009

108 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. David J. Hancock
2. J. Côté
3. Henrik Gustafsson
4. D. Gould
5. J. Deakin
6. Dany J. MacDonald
7. G. Kenttä
8. Mark A Eys

In Safety Research

1. David J. Hancock
2. J. Côté
3. D. Gould
4. Mark A Eys
5. Dany J. MacDonald
6. J. Deakin
7. D. Lavallee
8. J. Crane

In Social Psychology

1. David J. Hancock
2. J. Côté
3. D. Gould
4. J. Deakin
5. Dany J. MacDonald
6. Mark A Eys
7. D. Lavallee
8. J. Crane

Citations in the corpus

• Evidence-based policies for youth sport programmes (2016, methodology): “…DMSP refinement, the retrospective method was adapted and used to compare the activities, experiences and outcomes of athletes that engaged in different pathways of the DMSP (Robertson-Wilson et al. 2003, Wright and Côté 2003, Wall and Côté 2007, Fraser-Thomas et al. 2008a, Strachan et al. 2009).”
• The role of enjoyment and motivational climate in relation to the personal development of team sport athletes. (2011, background): “A more recent study by Strachan, Côté, and Deakin (2009) assessed positive and negative personal development between groups of athletes aged 12–16 years who sample (athletes who participate in multiple sports) or specialize (athletes heavily invested in only one sport).”
• Athlete burnout: an integrated model and future research directions (2011, background): “Furthermore, ‘specializers’ (young athletes who ‘specialize’ early on in their chosen sport) were found to score higher in physical/emotional exhaustion than ‘samplers’ (athletes who are involved in various forms of activities) in a recent study (Strachan, Cote´, & Deakin, 2009).”
• Psychometric properties of the youth experience survey with young athletes (2012, unknown): “Taken together, the work of Hansen, Larson and colleagues (Hansen & Larson, 2007; Hansen et al., 2003; Larson et al., 2006) and Strachan et al. (2009) suggests that the YES 2.0 can be used to investigate experiences in sport; however, the psychometric properties of the instrument in the sport…”
• A systematic review of social support in youth sport (2014, result): “…= Smith (1999); 56 = Smith et al. (2006); 57 = Smith, Gustafsson, and Hassmén (2010); 58 = Smith, Ullrich-French, Walker II, and Hurley (2006); 59 = Strachan et al. (2009a); 60 = Strachan et al. (2009b); 61 = Tamminen and Holt (2012); 62 = Taylor and Bruner (2012); 63 = Ullrich-French and Smith…”
• Early Sport Specialization (2010, background): “Stracchan, Côté, and Deakin (2009), for example, assessed personal and sport outcomes in 74 young athletes (M age = 13.7 years) who were classified as either “specializers” who trained exclusively in one sport (swimming, gymnastics, or diving) or “samplers” who played multiple sports.”
• A systematic review of dropout from organized sport among children and youth (2015, background): “A portion of this dropout may reflect sampling of sports (Cote et al., 2009; Strachan et al., 2009), where children and youth are trying out or transferring between different sports.”